Liverpool name travelling squad for PSV clash in Champions League as Mohamed Salah decision made - Slot will name a youthful side in Eindhoven

Liverpool will give some star players including Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk a rest for the Champions League game at PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday.

It is the third consecutive time Salah has been adjudged Player of the Month and earned the accolade in August. UEFA Champions League - League Stage Liverpool v Lille Mohamed Salah of Liverpool ...

Rodrygo is perhaps not yet at Salah's level, but he's close and more importantly, he's almost a decade younger. Liverpool should see the 24-year-old winger as their number one option to replace Salah. With the Reds, Rodrygo could continue to blossom into his prime years and become a core piece for the foreseeable future.

“Hopefully (it’s) not the last one,” said Salah, whose contract expires at the end of the season and has increasingly raised the prospect that this could be his last with the Merseyside club.

Liverpool have won all six of their League Phase games so far, sitting pretty at the top of the table. To confirm their spot in the top eight of the table, which guarantees a spot in the last 16 without going through the playoff round, they need a point against French upstarts Lille on Tuesday.

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Mohamed Salah insisted there is more work to do for Liverpool after his 50th European goal for the club in a 2-1 Champions League win over Lille.

Liverpool fell to PSV on the final day of the Champions League league phase with a number of key starters absent from the matchday squad.

Manager Arne Slot opted to heavily rotate his squad on the final day, content to play out the final game with a mix of youngsters, squad players and stars sprinkled in. Designed to give important players like Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah a rest, Liverpool were in front twice this game. Cody Gakpo, in his return to Eindhoven, scored the opener.

Mohamed Salah was one of 12 players left behind by Liverpool for Wednesday's Champions League trip to PSV Eindhoven - but the team's top goalscorer didn't rest up